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Create a Culture Office to Promote Connection

Michael Lee Stallard

For example, Southwest Airlines has a Culture Office that reports to the CEO. 100 Ways to Connect connection connection culture Culture Office E Pluribus Partners michael lee stallard Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines culture Southwest Airlines Culture Office TCU Center for Connection Culture texas christian university'

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Connect, Encourage and Coach for Superior Performance

Michael Lee Stallard

Southwest Airlines discovered that when they reduced the front line supervisor to front line employee ratio so the supervisors could connect, encourage and coach these employees, front line employees performed better. The post Connect, Encourage and Coach for Superior Performance appeared first on Michael Lee Stallard.

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With a Little Help from My Friends

Michael Lee Stallard

To stay positive, I kept thinking of all the people who showed us kindness in Madrid, including Elizabeth and her friends, the hotel staff and the United Airlines reservation agent who found a flight for us and seats that would have the room I needed.

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Remembering 9/11: Dave Barry’s “On Hallowed Ground”

Michael Lee Stallard

Where were you when you first heard the news of an airliner striking World Trade Tower One on the morning of September 11, 2001? I was in my office near Times Square in Manhattan. At first I assumed it was an accident. Then came the unbelievable news that a second plane had hit Tower Two.

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Business Leaders in Denial: Emotional Connections Essential to Employee Engagement

Michael Lee Stallard

Our conversation occurred as part of the Tandy Executive Speakers Series that featured CEOs of outstanding companies such as Nieman Marcus, Southwest Airlines and The Container Store. Homer Erekson, Dean of TCU’s Neeley School of Business.

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100 Ways to Connect: Develop the Courage to Connect

Michael Lee Stallard

Government Services Administration, Leo Burnett, Liberty Mutual, Northern Trust, and United Airlines. People in attendance at the workshops represented a wide variety of organizations including Allstate, AAA, Blue Cross Blue Shield, FINRA, the U.S.

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Malcolm Gladwell, Atul Gawande on Connection

Michael Lee Stallard

Similar to Gawande’s book, we learn that the key to airline safety is to reduce human error by making sure pilots, co-pilots and air traffic controllers are connected in both a rational and emotional sense.

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